The Working Labs Model in Action

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Published: May 21, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14434/ijdl.v11i2.25649
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Office Design, Learning Resources, Active Learning
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Lindsay Tan
Auburn University
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7989-1288
Anna Ruth Gatlin
Auburn University

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This design case describes the process by which a private office was renovated using the Working Labs model, which engages students, faculty, and staff in hands-on engagement from project conception through completion and beyond into ongoing evaluation of everyday use. The spaces that follow the Working Labs model are intended to provide students of a Southeastern University’s nationally ranked interior design program with hands-on access to furnishings, fixtures, products, and materials from leading industry partners. The authors will describe the process by which the initiative was launched and how the first phase was brought to completion on time and at little cost to the University.

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Tan, L., & Gatlin, A. R. (2020). The Working Labs Model in Action. International Journal of Designs for Learning, 11(2), 108–117. https://doi.org/10.14434/ijdl.v11i2.25649
Author Biographies

Lindsay Tan, Auburn University

Lindsay Tan is an Associate Professor at Auburn University. She is Program Coordinator in Interior Design, Director of both the Design Ecology Lab and CHS Pathogen Lab, and W. Allen and Martha Reimer Reed Professor in Interior Design. Tan is a design ecologist with special expertise in symbolic aspects of human-computer and human-environment interaction. Her key research interest is in the development of design interventions for security and resilience in the modern urban ecosystem. She holds her MFA Interior Design from Florida State University as well as her EDAC, LEED GCP, and NCIDQ.

Anna Ruth Gatlin, Auburn University

Anna Ruth Gatlin is an Assistant Professor at Auburn University. Her research agenda focuses on improving organizational excellence and how to bring different stakeholders together in pursuit of a common goal. This agenda is informed by nine years of full-time practice experience and continued engagement in the profession. She holds her PhD in Consumer and Design Sciences from Auburn University as well as her LEED AP.

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